[Validity and reliability of the anticipatory cognition questionnaire. Study Group ACQ. Anticipatory cognition questionnaire].
BACKGROUND
From the cognitive perspective, the inability in order to advance the future positively, it is an essential characteristic in the depression. The Anticipatory Cognitions Questionnaire (ACQ), with eight items with a proposal cognitive-anticipatory, has been developed with the objective of detecting cases of depression by means of the screening of the existence of that difficulty of bringing forward.


METHODS
It have been carried out a multicentric study between Spain and several countries of Spanish America (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico and Venezuela). For it, a Spanish version of the ACQ was used, agreed between the investigators of both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Were interviewed 291 out and in depressed patients (CIE-10), and 158 healthy controls. Evaluated them in four serial occasions (two for the controls), using the ACQ, the Hamilton's and Zung's scales for Depression, and a Global Clinical Impression.


RESULTS
From their outputs seems to deduce that the ACQ has a good internal consistency (alpha = 0.72), elevated temporal reliability (r = 0.81, good screening capacity for depression with a cut-off equal to "7" (kappa = 0.48-0.70), and good sensitivity to change.


CONCLUSIONS
Everything it support that ACQ, in their Spanish version, it is an useful instrument for the ends that was developed.
López Ibor
J J
JJ
Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid.
Ramos Brieva
J A
JA
Ayuso Gutiérrez
J L
JL
D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Validez y seguridad del cuestionario de cogniciones anticipatorias. Grupo de Estudio ACQ. El Cuestionario de Cogniciones Anticipatorias.